Five new star-rated hotels in N. Sumatra

Five new star-rated hotels in N. Sumatra

MEDAN (JP): North Sumatra will have five more star-rated
hotels next year to accommodate the growing number of tourists
visiting the province.

Henry Hutabarat, chairman of the North Sumatra Tourism Body,
said here last week that the five star-rated hotels are currently
under construction and expected to be ready by next year.

They include the three-star Novotel Soichi, Emerald Hotel,
Hotel Semarak and Hotel Grand Angkasa and four-star AIHO hotel.

Henry said the demand for star-rated hotels in the province is
steadily increasing in line with the increasing influx of
tourists, especially from Taiwan and Japan. However, he did not
give any further details on the figure of tourist arrivals in the
province.

In addition to the five new hotels, Henry said, North Sumatra
will have its first five-star hotel next year after the scheduled
completion of the renovation and expansion project of the Tiara
Hotel and Convention Center early next year.

Currently, North Sumatra has 53 star-rated hotels with 4,183
rooms, as compared to last year's figure of 48 star-rated hotels
with 3,870 rooms. In addition to the star-rated hotels, the
province now has 668 non-star hotels with 8,221 rooms.

Medan, the capital of North Sumatra, alone has seven star-
rated hotels in operation, four of which are four-star hotels,
including Tiara Hotel, Danau Toba International Hotel and Polonia
Hotel. (gea/rid)